Another ignoring of US Confidentiality.
Dont be surprised when our enemies get cocky and do it AGAIN.
Her Most Royal Highness:"Our thefts and wires have been detected.
Now fetch me my stolen FBI files to fix this, Short-one."
Posted on 07/25/2004 10:33:51 PM PDT by kattracks
When the Bush administration took over the Pentagon's beleaguered inspector general office in 2002, officials found something startling: The director's office, at some point, had been electronically bugged.
Sorting out why the listening device was inside the walls of the office, with a cord leading to another office, is just one issue that had to be addressed by Joseph E. Schmitz, President Bush's pick three years ago to be the Defense Department's top cop.
A Naval Academy graduate and civil litigation lawyer, Mr. Schmitz was tapped to run the office responsible for investigating million-dollar fraud in the far-flung defense industry and criminal misconduct by senior Defense Department employees.
His nomination delayed by Senate Democrats, Mr. Schmitz finally came on board a year into the Bush administration. He set out to right a ship dogged by charges of corruption and cronyism.
But he also had to deal with an electronic bug apparently left over from eight years of the Clinton administration.
An internal "info memo," a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, was written by a staffer in Mr. Schmitz's office:
"On June 19, 2002, during a routine meeting with the director of security for the Department of Defense, it was reported to my staff and me that a potential 'listening device' was previously discovered in the infrastructure of DoDIG.
"The DoD directorate of security conducted a routine sweep for electronic listening devices in certain areas of the ninth and tenth floors of the DoDIG on Aug. 7, 2000. The sweep revealed that a wire had been installed inside the wall structure leading to and from the ninth and tenth floors of the DoDIG (areas which comprise the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the personal office space of the inspector general)."
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
HELLO ... $750,000.00 ?????
A criminal trial takes a unanimous verdict. Whether in Washington D.C. or Virginia, there would NEVER be 12 who convict him. They could have a video of him raping and murdering a woman; they could have several eye witnesses; they could have his confession on tape; still, he would not be convicted.
Another one???
Geez!!
Do you think this one has legs?
Maybe the bug was placed to keep tabs on the IG while the Linda Tripp Privacy Act investigation was going on. The targets of the investigation were two political appointees of Clinton's.
These things come in 3's...
Berger... the bug... what's next? Chelsea's pregnant?
He feels for you but can't reach you.
No, but Monica took him deeply; a fair trade off in Slickworld.
didn't they check for bugging during the Clinton years??
Monica put it in there when they shipped her over there!!!
I guess that now we know who was the "unauthorized" listener that we heard about in the Berger case. I wonder where else they found bugs. Somebody is letting the dems sweat over who knows what. Gosh, that Bush team is playing this sweet.
bttt
LOL!
Al quada, Iranian spy?
"The DoD directorate of security conducted a routine sweep for electronic listening devices in certain areas of the ninth and tenth floors of the DoDIG"
Must be at the DIA building, not at the Pentagon...
This bug was found in 2002.
I'm suspicious of the timing of this report.
[That will be the Dem-talkpoint-response.]
lol
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"He possesses a Social Security number tied to multiple confirmed aliases," a May 2002 memo said. Another paper said, "Using the improper granted interim clearance, [the employee] visited numerous installations where he had access to sensitive information. ... The Department of Justice Joint Terrorism Task Force is currently considering a criminal investigation into this matter."
Oh, that's just perfect. No information on this individual will be forthcoming, wouldn't fit the new tone.
Dont be surprised when our enemies get cocky and do it AGAIN.
Her Most Royal Highness:"Our thefts and wires have been detected.
Now fetch me my stolen FBI files to fix this, Short-one."
bump
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